Kat
@longwayback.bsky.social
the middle of the venn diagram that is national security issues + geek culture. hellsite veteran. chaotic disaster bisexual. she/her.
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I need my Heated Rivalry girlies to see this youtube.com/post/Ugkx2LF...
Post from Jeopardy! - YouTube
We're never leaving The Cottage.
youtube.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I need my Heated Rivalry girlies to see this youtube.com/post/Ugkx2LF...
so mad about some work bullshit I could set fires with my mind
January 7, 2026 at 4:51 PM
so mad about some work bullshit I could set fires with my mind
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THUCYDIDES: In my book I invented the Melian Dialogue as a cautionary tale
DIPSHITS TALKING ABOUT IR WHO WANT TO SOUND SMART: At long last, we have done the Melian Dialogue from the classic book Don't Do the Melian Dialogue
DIPSHITS TALKING ABOUT IR WHO WANT TO SOUND SMART: At long last, we have done the Melian Dialogue from the classic book Don't Do the Melian Dialogue
The Melian Dialogue has a similar role to the Clausewitz quote about “politics by other means” - it exists to give a bit of frisson and even sexual pleasure to morons who have never read those quotes in context but who are still desperate to sound smart.
People who fancy quoting the Melian Dialogue ("the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must") ignore the fact that Thucydides was clearly portraying this as the kind of hubris that squandered Athens' primacy and paved the way for a devastating peer war that it ultimately lost.
January 7, 2026 at 4:12 AM
THUCYDIDES: In my book I invented the Melian Dialogue as a cautionary tale
DIPSHITS TALKING ABOUT IR WHO WANT TO SOUND SMART: At long last, we have done the Melian Dialogue from the classic book Don't Do the Melian Dialogue
DIPSHITS TALKING ABOUT IR WHO WANT TO SOUND SMART: At long last, we have done the Melian Dialogue from the classic book Don't Do the Melian Dialogue
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Life contains many satisfactions and disappointments. Ups and downs. Challenges and setbacks. Then there's beating someone who played Ugin with a Chocobo deck
January 7, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Life contains many satisfactions and disappointments. Ups and downs. Challenges and setbacks. Then there's beating someone who played Ugin with a Chocobo deck
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I was not prepared for the Hello Kitty legally distinct variant of Animal Crossing to open with a Snakes on a Plane joke
January 6, 2026 at 4:25 AM
I was not prepared for the Hello Kitty legally distinct variant of Animal Crossing to open with a Snakes on a Plane joke
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sure sure you can have hegemony by trade, ideology and cultural influence, but does that make your dick hard?
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
sure sure you can have hegemony by trade, ideology and cultural influence, but does that make your dick hard?
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they're doing it for gender, imo
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
they're doing it for gender, imo
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It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
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If you won't listen to us, maybe you'll listen to this horse.
January 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
If you won't listen to us, maybe you'll listen to this horse.
I have my top three:
- bunted a baseball straight up into my own face
- took a chunk out of my thumb when trying to pry the cap off an industrial-sized shampoo with scissors
- hot shell casing in a top with a built-in bra at the gun range
- bunted a baseball straight up into my own face
- took a chunk out of my thumb when trying to pry the cap off an industrial-sized shampoo with scissors
- hot shell casing in a top with a built-in bra at the gun range
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
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January 5, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I have my top three:
- bunted a baseball straight up into my own face
- took a chunk out of my thumb when trying to pry the cap off an industrial-sized shampoo with scissors
- hot shell casing in a top with a built-in bra at the gun range
- bunted a baseball straight up into my own face
- took a chunk out of my thumb when trying to pry the cap off an industrial-sized shampoo with scissors
- hot shell casing in a top with a built-in bra at the gun range
This feels like Ready or Not with a dash of Dredd/The Raid and I ain't mad about that youtu.be/XYqQPiXpi4w?...
They Will Kill You - Official Trailer (2026) Zazie Beetz, Patricia Arquette
YouTube video by IGN
youtu.be
January 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
This feels like Ready or Not with a dash of Dredd/The Raid and I ain't mad about that youtu.be/XYqQPiXpi4w?...
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when google docs keeps trying to complete my sentences for me
January 5, 2026 at 4:31 AM
when google docs keeps trying to complete my sentences for me
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The first two hours this morning
January 5, 2026 at 11:21 AM
The first two hours this morning
steam sale ends tomorrow, gang, so fight the sunday scaries by spending money on video games
January 5, 2026 at 2:40 AM
steam sale ends tomorrow, gang, so fight the sunday scaries by spending money on video games
[walks out of inbox covered in blood] so it wasn't that bad!
I have some fights to pick tomorrow, but I pretty much knew about them before Christmas
I have some fights to pick tomorrow, but I pretty much knew about them before Christmas
about to take a sneak peek into my work inbox in preparation for tomorrow
pray for me
pray for me
January 5, 2026 at 2:06 AM
[walks out of inbox covered in blood] so it wasn't that bad!
I have some fights to pick tomorrow, but I pretty much knew about them before Christmas
I have some fights to pick tomorrow, but I pretty much knew about them before Christmas
about to take a sneak peek into my work inbox in preparation for tomorrow
pray for me
pray for me
January 5, 2026 at 1:50 AM
about to take a sneak peek into my work inbox in preparation for tomorrow
pray for me
pray for me
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Just discovered the subreddit r/accidentalrockwell and it is delightful
January 4, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Just discovered the subreddit r/accidentalrockwell and it is delightful
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Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
January 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
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American Magic players: Mr. Menswear, how do I dress myself to play this card game?
European Magic players: This tournament requires a tailored suit or culturally meaningful attire and we play for expensive cutlery.
European Magic players: This tournament requires a tailored suit or culturally meaningful attire and we play for expensive cutlery.
January 4, 2026 at 4:59 PM
American Magic players: Mr. Menswear, how do I dress myself to play this card game?
European Magic players: This tournament requires a tailored suit or culturally meaningful attire and we play for expensive cutlery.
European Magic players: This tournament requires a tailored suit or culturally meaningful attire and we play for expensive cutlery.
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We're not having a mid-life crisis, we're having a mid-crisis life
Me, sitting in front of my computer, overwhelmed, under-rested, with a brain that's being slowly poisoned by a constant infusion of infuriating, terrifying news and clumsy fascist propaganda masquerading as news.
"Boy, I'm having a lot of trouble focusing today!"
"Boy, I'm having a lot of trouble focusing today!"
January 4, 2026 at 7:28 PM
We're not having a mid-life crisis, we're having a mid-crisis life
#KatWatchesCR4 i was not expecting to love Tyranny this much but i would die for her
January 4, 2026 at 4:57 AM
#KatWatchesCR4 i was not expecting to love Tyranny this much but i would die for her
in other news, tonight is the wolf moon supermoon so where my werewolf girl gang at
January 4, 2026 at 2:57 AM
in other news, tonight is the wolf moon supermoon so where my werewolf girl gang at
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Time to reup the real National Security Strategy:
a man and woman are sitting next to each other in a church .
ALT: a man and woman are sitting next to each other in a church .
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Time to reup the real National Security Strategy: